Biomed Harvard, JHU, Sanger, UCB - 留學
By Eden
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前言:
非常感謝前人的資訊分享,受益留學版良多,近幾年生醫相關錄取與心得分享文日漸稀少
,尤其臨床背景的同學們……希望能藉由分享個人經驗鼓勵大家繼續追夢!
Admission:
Sanger Institute – 4-Year PhD Programme
Harvard – Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
JHU – Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB)
UCB – Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB)
Cornell – Genetic, Genomic, and Development (GGD)
Pending:
Columbia – Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies
(CMBS), waitlisted
Stanford – Biosciences (Genetics), post-interview waiting
Scripps Institute – Chemical and Biological Sciences, post-interview waiting
Rejection (all without interview):
UCSF – Biomedical Sciences (BMS)
MIT – Biology
UPenn – Cell and Molecular Biology (CAMB)
Duke – Genetics and Genomics (UPGG)
Tri-institution – Computational Biology & Medicine (CBM)
Yale – Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS), Microbiology
JHU – Biomedical Engineering (BME)
JHU – Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CMM)
Decision:
未定,若有學長姐能給予建議指教非常感謝!
Education:
NTU MD & BS (Sep 2014 – March 2022)
Double Major: Medicine and Geosciences
Minor: Anthropology
GPA 4.23/4.30 (3%)
Test Scores:
TOFEL: 110 S24 L30 R30 W26
GRE: V162 Q169 AWA3.5
LoR:
1*Undergrads project mentor at NTU, developmental biology
1*Undergrads project mentor at NTU, geoscience and paleontology
1*Undergrads project mentor at NTU, epidemiology
All from Taiwan
Publication/International Conference:
Three first-authored journal articles related to the field
Four co-authored journal articles related to the field
Two international conferences with podium presentation
Some irrelevant clinical/epidemiological papers and book chapters
Awards/Honors:
書卷獎*7
大專生計畫*2
臺灣醫學發展基金會論文獎佳作
Working experience:
Undergrads part-time lab experience (ca. 36 months full-time research experien
ce based on the 40hr/w rule)
心路歷程:
個人一直以來都想做基礎研究,尤其熱愛演化生物學,高中時有幸到中研院實習做molecu
lar evolution與genomics相關的題目,帶我的post-doc學長讓我進入genomics分析的世
界與基礎的bioinformatics。大學時礙於家庭壓力還是選了醫學系,大一亦嘗試直接轉學
至美國念生物,未果,故決定先把醫學系唸完再尋出路,找老師繼續累積個人研究能力,
醫學系的課業與臨床讓我非常痛苦,中間曾嘗試做過一點臨床研究,但依舊不認為自己的
熱情在此。雙地質輔人類都是逃離壓力的出口,希望自己還能保有一點對其他領域的熱情
。
個人的研究興趣主要是希望能透過演化觀點分析生醫領域中題材,如somatic evolution/
tumor resistance dynamic、antibiotic resistance dynamic、Evo-Devo and human sp
ecific evolution。這個方向在台灣不算well-established,不易真的找到單獨一個fit
的老師,故我嘗試在不同的project中累積自己的思辨方式、題材敏感度與實驗技術。高
中的經驗讓我對基本的NGS analysis相對熟悉,但個人對coding skill依舊非常沒有自信
,大多只停留在parsing, data cleaning, scripting,換言之我不認為我有能力成為真
正的computational biologist,也因此我決定需要對bench-work有更深入的理解。
大學第一個project(大一下開始)中有幸找到對evo-devo有興趣的指導老師(雖然後來
實際做的題目無關),也在過程中熟悉基本的動物與細胞實驗技術。而後在地質系加入另
一個lab回到phylogenomics領域,複習以避免生疏。去年台灣疫情小高峰時醫學生無法進
基礎實驗室與行政區,只好嘗試在空閒時間自己做些human evolutionary genomics的小p
roject把兩方向結合。因為研究興趣相當廣泛,也因此在今年投申請時大多針對umbrella
program,進去後較有機會接觸不同的實驗室環境與研究領域,而umbrella program一般
收的學生數也較多,整體而言或許會比熱門的小program (immunology, neuroscience, g
enetics, etc)易過初審,而這類program一般只要能錄取,幾乎都可以跟全校生醫領域的
PI作dissertation,故除了title變了以外實務上大多差異不大(修課要求自然會不同,
但PhD修課並非重點故個人認為還好)。
去年年底申請當下其實相當焦慮,疫情中申請狀況不明,身為沒身份的國際生還毫無國際
人脈(三封推薦信都是台灣老師寫的、在學期間也從來沒出國交換研究過,甚至沒去過美
國)。個人覺得國際生要有「沒有任何東西是”optional”的覺悟」——立足點已然不利
,故不能放棄任何機會。雖然許多學校都把GRE列為optional,但建議若有餘力還是盡量
去考、學校要求的optional assay (大多為diversity statement)亦能寫就寫、SoP亦盡
可能客製化講出每間學校的特色與吸引你的老師。常見一個問題是對於committee/rotati
on based的大program,事先寫信聯絡PI究竟有沒有幫助?個人經驗無法回答(我沒分組
做RCT),但一定沒損失。我在virtual social event中與美國學生聊天,他們也提到他
們幾乎都有事先聯絡過感興趣的PI。這不只關乎admission,也可藉機了解PI現在到底在
做什麼(與下方Grantome相互呼應)。但如果想寫信聯絡,就要盡力做好不能只單寄信,
現在PI們對Zoom已相當習慣,若有機會約個15分鐘的短meeting閒聊當作是面試練習,個
人認為光是能跟感興趣的PI聊天本身應該就相當值得(透過這個聯絡方式約到了一些神人
PI聊天,雖然不一定能拿到該校面試但聊到天本身就讓我很開心了)。
PhD只是研究生涯的正式開始,很感念一路上不吝提供資訊的學長姐與支持我的女友與家
人,也祝福大家都能順利錄取走向自己感興趣的道路!
資源分享:
1. NGLS https://nglscoalition.org
申請過程中citizen/PR status是令人難過但不得不面對的事實,international student
不易申請NIH/NSF fellowship,使系上勢必需要用training grant資助international st
udent,也因此program是否為”international-friendly”即相當重要。除了口耳相傳外
(如UC system),部分學校現在有公開近年來的申請資料,可以看看有興趣的學校有沒有
在列,了解一下競爭程度、一屆大約收多少國際生(<10%的program一般都不要抱太大期
待……)、program平均畢業時間與完成率等重要指標。
2. Grantome https://grantome.com
生醫研究paper turnover time非常久,許多lab也不積極更新網站,時常研究方向在近幾
年已改變了,外人卻難以得知。透過查有興趣PI的grant除了可以知道現在的研究方向,
亦可了解PI經濟狀況如何、推測是否還可能有機會能收學生(當然約meeting是更直接的
方式)。
3. TBSG https://www.facebook.com/groups/2631322187093896
TBSG為熱心的學長姐在Facebook上專門提供生醫領域碩博士生討論的社團,歡迎加入!
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非常感謝前人的資訊分享,受益留學版良多,近幾年生醫相關錄取與心得分享文日漸稀少
,尤其臨床背景的同學們……希望能藉由分享個人經驗鼓勵大家繼續追夢!
Admission:
Sanger Institute – 4-Year PhD Programme
Harvard – Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
JHU – Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB)
UCB – Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB)
Cornell – Genetic, Genomic, and Development (GGD)
Pending:
Columbia – Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies
(CMBS), waitlisted
Stanford – Biosciences (Genetics), post-interview waiting
Scripps Institute – Chemical and Biological Sciences, post-interview waiting
Rejection (all without interview):
UCSF – Biomedical Sciences (BMS)
MIT – Biology
UPenn – Cell and Molecular Biology (CAMB)
Duke – Genetics and Genomics (UPGG)
Tri-institution – Computational Biology & Medicine (CBM)
Yale – Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS), Microbiology
JHU – Biomedical Engineering (BME)
JHU – Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CMM)
Decision:
未定,若有學長姐能給予建議指教非常感謝!
Education:
NTU MD & BS (Sep 2014 – March 2022)
Double Major: Medicine and Geosciences
Minor: Anthropology
GPA 4.23/4.30 (3%)
Test Scores:
TOFEL: 110 S24 L30 R30 W26
GRE: V162 Q169 AWA3.5
LoR:
1*Undergrads project mentor at NTU, developmental biology
1*Undergrads project mentor at NTU, geoscience and paleontology
1*Undergrads project mentor at NTU, epidemiology
All from Taiwan
Publication/International Conference:
Three first-authored journal articles related to the field
Four co-authored journal articles related to the field
Two international conferences with podium presentation
Some irrelevant clinical/epidemiological papers and book chapters
Awards/Honors:
書卷獎*7
大專生計畫*2
臺灣醫學發展基金會論文獎佳作
Working experience:
Undergrads part-time lab experience (ca. 36 months full-time research experien
ce based on the 40hr/w rule)
心路歷程:
個人一直以來都想做基礎研究,尤其熱愛演化生物學,高中時有幸到中研院實習做molecu
lar evolution與genomics相關的題目,帶我的post-doc學長讓我進入genomics分析的世
界與基礎的bioinformatics。大學時礙於家庭壓力還是選了醫學系,大一亦嘗試直接轉學
至美國念生物,未果,故決定先把醫學系唸完再尋出路,找老師繼續累積個人研究能力,
醫學系的課業與臨床讓我非常痛苦,中間曾嘗試做過一點臨床研究,但依舊不認為自己的
熱情在此。雙地質輔人類都是逃離壓力的出口,希望自己還能保有一點對其他領域的熱情
。
個人的研究興趣主要是希望能透過演化觀點分析生醫領域中題材,如somatic evolution/
tumor resistance dynamic、antibiotic resistance dynamic、Evo-Devo and human sp
ecific evolution。這個方向在台灣不算well-established,不易真的找到單獨一個fit
的老師,故我嘗試在不同的project中累積自己的思辨方式、題材敏感度與實驗技術。高
中的經驗讓我對基本的NGS analysis相對熟悉,但個人對coding skill依舊非常沒有自信
,大多只停留在parsing, data cleaning, scripting,換言之我不認為我有能力成為真
正的computational biologist,也因此我決定需要對bench-work有更深入的理解。
大學第一個project(大一下開始)中有幸找到對evo-devo有興趣的指導老師(雖然後來
實際做的題目無關),也在過程中熟悉基本的動物與細胞實驗技術。而後在地質系加入另
一個lab回到phylogenomics領域,複習以避免生疏。去年台灣疫情小高峰時醫學生無法進
基礎實驗室與行政區,只好嘗試在空閒時間自己做些human evolutionary genomics的小p
roject把兩方向結合。因為研究興趣相當廣泛,也因此在今年投申請時大多針對umbrella
program,進去後較有機會接觸不同的實驗室環境與研究領域,而umbrella program一般
收的學生數也較多,整體而言或許會比熱門的小program (immunology, neuroscience, g
enetics, etc)易過初審,而這類program一般只要能錄取,幾乎都可以跟全校生醫領域的
PI作dissertation,故除了title變了以外實務上大多差異不大(修課要求自然會不同,
但PhD修課並非重點故個人認為還好)。
去年年底申請當下其實相當焦慮,疫情中申請狀況不明,身為沒身份的國際生還毫無國際
人脈(三封推薦信都是台灣老師寫的、在學期間也從來沒出國交換研究過,甚至沒去過美
國)。個人覺得國際生要有「沒有任何東西是”optional”的覺悟」——立足點已然不利
,故不能放棄任何機會。雖然許多學校都把GRE列為optional,但建議若有餘力還是盡量
去考、學校要求的optional assay (大多為diversity statement)亦能寫就寫、SoP亦盡
可能客製化講出每間學校的特色與吸引你的老師。常見一個問題是對於committee/rotati
on based的大program,事先寫信聯絡PI究竟有沒有幫助?個人經驗無法回答(我沒分組
做RCT),但一定沒損失。我在virtual social event中與美國學生聊天,他們也提到他
們幾乎都有事先聯絡過感興趣的PI。這不只關乎admission,也可藉機了解PI現在到底在
做什麼(與下方Grantome相互呼應)。但如果想寫信聯絡,就要盡力做好不能只單寄信,
現在PI們對Zoom已相當習慣,若有機會約個15分鐘的短meeting閒聊當作是面試練習,個
人認為光是能跟感興趣的PI聊天本身應該就相當值得(透過這個聯絡方式約到了一些神人
PI聊天,雖然不一定能拿到該校面試但聊到天本身就讓我很開心了)。
PhD只是研究生涯的正式開始,很感念一路上不吝提供資訊的學長姐與支持我的女友與家
人,也祝福大家都能順利錄取走向自己感興趣的道路!
資源分享:
1. NGLS https://nglscoalition.org
申請過程中citizen/PR status是令人難過但不得不面對的事實,international student
不易申請NIH/NSF fellowship,使系上勢必需要用training grant資助international st
udent,也因此program是否為”international-friendly”即相當重要。除了口耳相傳外
(如UC system),部分學校現在有公開近年來的申請資料,可以看看有興趣的學校有沒有
在列,了解一下競爭程度、一屆大約收多少國際生(<10%的program一般都不要抱太大期
待……)、program平均畢業時間與完成率等重要指標。
2. Grantome https://grantome.com
生醫研究paper turnover time非常久,許多lab也不積極更新網站,時常研究方向在近幾
年已改變了,外人卻難以得知。透過查有興趣PI的grant除了可以知道現在的研究方向,
亦可了解PI經濟狀況如何、推測是否還可能有機會能收學生(當然約meeting是更直接的
方式)。
3. TBSG https://www.facebook.com/groups/2631322187093896
TBSG為熱心的學長姐在Facebook上專門提供生醫領域碩博士生討論的社團,歡迎加入!
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